Catalyzer and process of making same.



To all whom it may concern Be known that l, Trimmer R1 SON, a citizen of United tes or" ica, ahd esident of Chicago, coun'y oi Cook, and state of Illinois, have invented s sin new and useful proveiiients s so alyzers Processes o1: idame, o 4 the following is a specification.

is now Well understood many 1 product 2'2 chemical reactions can be facilitated brought about by catalytic certain metals in certain finely divide in certain colloidal conditions. in particular many reactions have been T means brou ht about in recent years wherein y- J M reducadced to unsaturated 'ilig a ends? e presence of finely divided pressu e ornot ti metals prepared cer- Y i s ly the processes of orepar which have been used no to ti metal has been reduced soluble has been precipit soluble compound and the metal ha been reduced from such insoluble co 'oou The insoluble combound has in most inso stances been deoosited upon a bulky or iloc cg-en to unsaturatv culent inert material or carrier in order to i ts or ai'er heduciv obtain a large surface of the metal. is soap '1 "h hydrogen, the hydro rule, this reduction has been in the cry Way to saturate the oil, or held-en b h ti i th presence 0i hydrogen. carrying out my process, do no 35 The lower the temperature at which the remyself to the metals or salts or reducing duction is effected, generally, the more active agents mentioned, make use oi suit is the metal. able metallic or compound, 9 v invention has for itsmain objects the is soluble in oil or fat, a preparation of active catalytic metal, or ducing agent,the essential so compounds, a comparatively low temess being to e metal 1 perature and in e colloidal condition or in iine sub-division approaching the colloidal a line state of suspension approaching'the state in oil or fat, from a suitable salt or colloidal condition in oils or fats, and an imcompound which has been dissolved in the proved process for adding hydrogen to oroil or es gariio substances by the use of such cata- What claim is lytic metal or. compoun 1. A catalyzer made by nickel order to bring about this result, l use a from nickel oleate dissolved in on oil or fat "-5 salt or compound of the desired metahwhich I by means of hydrogen under pressur may he coopencobalt, nickel, or iron, or 2. A catalyzer made by reducing nickel me other suitable metal, selecting a salt Which from a solution of nickel oleate in an oil or is soluble in oil or iiiat, and dissolve it in the fat by means of reducing agent oil oriat, using heat it neoessar in order 3. The process of making a catalyzer conto toreduce the 'activemetalfrom the solution sisting in dissolving an oleate of a hydroso obtained, 1 make use of a reducing subr genating metal in oil or fat and reducing ice stance such as hydrogen or other suitable the metal therefrom by means of hydrogen. reducing substance, and bring about reduc- The process of making a catalyzer contion in the cold or by means of heat and sisting in dissolving an oleate of a hydrogenating metal in oil or fat and reducing the metal therefrom'by means of a reducing agent;

5.'The herein described process, which consists in dissolving nickel oleate in an oil or fat, and then reducing the nickel by a reducing agent. v

6. The herein described process which consists in dissolving nickel oleate in an oil or fat, and then reducing the nickel by means of hydrogen.

7. The herein described process which consists in dissolving a soap of a hydrogenating metal in an oil-or fat, and then reducing the metal by means of a reducing agent. 8. The herein described process which consists in dissolving a soap of a hydrogenating metal in an oil or fat, and then reducing the metal by means of hydrogen.

9. The hereindescribed process comprising admixing With an oily material a'salt of a hydrogenating metal With one of the higher fatty acids and adding a reducing agent to produce reduced metal in a state of fine subdivision and suspension in such oily material.

Signed at Chicago this 15th day of August 1912. Y

" WILLIAM D. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

EUGENE A. RUMMLER, CHARLES S. COLE. 

